Memories

[rlno1]

On 04/08/2023 at 22:58, Futtocks said:

Is the furthest-away Kangaroo Steve Mortimer maybe?

No, Mortimer toured only in 1982. That player is the Qld half Greg Oliphant who was playing with Redcliffe at the time.

Edited August 6, 2023 by rlno1

[Wolford6]

I think Oliphant is the Blackpool prop.

[Anita Bath]

Jim Hamilton and Paul Gamble were named in the programme as props in the starting line up..

[OMEGA]

I was at the game and got a pair of Aussie match shorts with the KB logo on, still have them somewhere in a box.

1978, we had played a match for our local City representative team and then stayed on to watch the Ausies

[soulboy]

There’s highlights of all 3 test matches from 1978 on YouTube .

Look for Kangeroos v GB games 1,2,3 . 1978

Watch the 3rd test from 1hr 34 to 1hr 37 .  The 2 tries that where scored emphasised the huge gulf in class and you knew the Aussies where playing a different type of RL .

Now the gulf has turned into an abyss which will never be closed .

Have a look at the size of the crowd at Headingley . As Rex Mossop stated “a seething mass of humanity “.